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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.08
12 bottles: $19.68
Made with organically grown grapes, the wine has a straw yellow color with green hints. On the nose, its elegantly...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.87 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
A deft touch with oak gives this medium- to full-bodied wine spicy complexity. It ranges from a toasted baguette...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $13.87 $15.41
12 bottles: $11.52
Medium, slightly round entry balanced by firm acid backbone. Oak well integrated. Uniform across palate with a tinge...
White
750ml
Bottle: $47.94
12 bottles: $46.98
A delicate bouquet of white tea, orange blossom and toasted almond build into captivating aromas. Opening with...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $42.80
12 bottles: $41.94
Intense nose of fresh green fruit – apple, pear – and white flowers and fennel. Mineral with a refreshing acidity.
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White
750ml
Bottle: $19.43 $21.59
12 bottles: $17.80
With a pale silver straw appearance, the 2021 Chardonnay Alexander Valley has soft, fragrant aromas of white peach,...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $24.94
12 bottles: $24.44
Our estate grown Chardonnay is fermented entirely in stainless steel with minimal manipulation and no secondary...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $33.95
The 2021 Chardonnay SOLdeSOL, from Malleco, Traiguén, was fermented in one-tenth new barrels. Intense yellow in hue....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $44.89
6 bottles: $43.99
Sleek yet richly styled, with generous flavors of pear, orange blossom and lemon that glide on a dynamic finish....
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White
750ml
Bottle: $21.94
12 bottles: $21.50
All fruit was hand harvested in the cool of dawn, immediately destemmed and pressed and the juice settled in...
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White
1.5Ltr - Case of 6
Bottle: $14.40
These fun, fresh and incredibly enjoyable wines are true to varietal character and can be enjoyed on their own or...
White
750ml
Bottle: $26.89
12 bottles: $26.35
Abundant fruit with a slight tropical note backed by judicious oak. The fuller viscosity that is a signature of this...
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750ml
Bottle: $35.90
12 bottles: $35.18
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White
750ml
Bottle: $20.23 $22.48
12 bottles: $17.48
Shows fresh apple, Asian pear and citrus flavors that are vibrant at the core, with elegant details of sea salt...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $37.94
Sangiacomo Chardonnay is a beautiful bright gold color with powerful aromatics. Passionfruit and kiwi jump from the...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $17.09
12 bottles: $16.75
White rose petals and ripe citrus fruit open this elegant medium-bodied white wine. Flavors of juicy Bosc pear and...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $22.94
12 bottles: $22.48
• Chardonnay. • Fruit sourced from Dixons Creek, 45 year old planting and dry farmed. • Fine, silty grey clay...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $15.38 $17.09
12 bottles: $13.18
This wine showcases a bouquet of ripe apricot, vanilla beam, and buttered toast. Creamy and mouth-coating, the palate...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $26.71 $29.68
12 bottles: $24.48
Subtle flavors of pear, apple and white melon make for a pleasant nose on this countywide cuvée. The palate is...
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White
750ml
Bottle: $64.84
12 bottles: $63.54
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Chardonnay Tequila 1999 2012 2021

Of all the white wine grape varietals, surely the one which has spread the furthest and is most widely appreciated is the Chardonnay. This green skinned grape is now grown all over the Old and New Worlds, from New Zealand to the Americas, from England to Chile, and is one of the first varietals people think of when considering white wine grapes. Perhaps this is because of its huge popularity which reached a peak in the 1990s, thanks to new technologies combining with traditional methods to bring the very best features out of the Chardonnay grape, and allow its unique qualities to shine through. Most fine Chardonnay wines use a process known as malolactic fermentation, wherein the malic acids in the grape juice are converted to lactic acids, allowing a creamier, buttery nature to come forward in the wine. No grape varietal is better suited to this process than Chardonnay, which manages to balance these silky, creamy notes with fresh white fruit flavors beautifully.

Tequila is probably Mexico’s greatest gift to the world of fine spirits, and is also possibly one of the most underestimated and misunderstood drinks in the world. Widely used for shots and slammers, and more often than not associated with parties and hangovers, Tequila is in fact a wonderful drink full of subtleties and expression of terroir, that is highly rewarding for those who look into its finer points.

One of the special things about Tequila is the fact that it is capable of expressing the fine nuances and subtle notes of its raw material, far more so than other, similar spirits. That raw material is, of course, the Blue Agave - not a cactus, as is commonly believed, but rather a succulent quite like a lily, which grows in the deserts of Mexico mainly around the province of Jalisco. The Blue Agave takes a decade to mature, and during those ten years, it takes in many of the features of its surroundings, just like a grapevine would. This is why Tequila varies in flavor and aroma from region to region, from the earthier Tequilas of the lowlands, to the more delicate and floral examples from areas of a higher altitude.

The picking and peeling of the spiky Agave, and the distillation process of Tequila is a complicated one, and one which is carried out with enormous skill by the jimadors and master craftsmen who produce the spirit. Steam cooking of the body of the plant is followed by crushing, then fermentation and distillation completes the process. The end product is categorized according to whether or not it is made with pure (‘puro’) agave, or blended with other sugars, and according to how long the spirit is aged for.